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Visitors' Stories -- # 74 (page 2 of 3) the Homewood Suites, where we had checked in after the consultation, and took before pictures. Fasting after midnight. Surgery Day- Friday In the morning, I showered and shaved my underarms, as instructed. Still fasting. What an emotional time it is and how in-the-moment! We arrived by 9:30 am for my 11 am surgery. Janine, my OR nurse was so nice starting the IV, bringing a warmed blanket, and generally being thoughtful and endearing. Dr. DeWire and I agreed that he would aim for a D cup with High Profiles if they looked right using sizers during the surgery. Dr. Smith, the Anesthesiologist, was also very nice. I asked for some anti-nausea meds and he had already chosen a combination of three that he would use which he said worked well together. Then they put some relaxing meds in the IV and I wobble-walked to the table in a room across the hall. The surgical suite felt just like an MD's office. I awoke after surgery and checked out how I was feeling… no nausea! Great! Throat doesn't hurt a bit! Tight seatbelt across my chest feeling with a tough time taking breaths, but no worry because I'd expected that. Underarms don't hurt at all. Hey, I feel pretty good! I was initially very thirsty and cold, but the warm blankets and water handled that quickly. Dr. DeWire told me that he put in 420 and 500 cc's. I must have gotten up, been wheeled out, into car, into hotel (you can go in the side doors, so you're not stumbling stupidly through the lobby!) and by about 2 pm, into the recliner and the Percocet worked from there! Ahhh… By that evening, I was chatting on the phone with husband, kids, best friend. I was drinking a ton of water, but none seemed to need to come out and I finally forced myself to go to the bathroom. Interesting having no urge to go, when I obviously had to! Maybe it was from the anesthesia. Now I did learn later that Percocet is what stops the bowels from moving. But when you drink lots of water and eat leafy foods after you're off the Percocet, things rev back up like their supposed to. Stool softeners and glycerin suppositories didn't work at all. No need to bother if still on Percocet. Post-Op One: Saturday By morning one post-op, I could take a shower, wash my hair without problem (tight, but not painful), and we went down for breakfast. By 9 am we were at Dr. D's for a follow up. Massage didn't hurt a bit, but then, I believe the pre-BA massage helped prepare my tissues A LOT. I had no skin tightness or muscle tenderness, but some muscle stretching across the sternum. The incisions never hurt, but the end of the stitches would poke me and I eventually trimmed some of the ends off. If I hurt anywhere, it was on the lower side of the breasts. That weird feeling kept me near the Percocet. Could I have gone to only Advil by the first Post-Op day? Probably, but then, I had nothing to do but take Percocet, sleep, eat… it was nice to be on vacation! Haha! We went shopping after the Consultation to Victoria Secrets for some new bras. 34D! The bras look huge, but with my sloping chestwall, I think I look like a full C, and a D is definitely full. |
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